Upstream information

CVE-2012-4427 at MITRE

Description

The gnome-shell plugin 3.4.1 in GNOME allows remote attackers to force the download and installation of arbitrary extensions from extensions.gnome.org via a crafted web page.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Does not affect SUSE products

This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
CVSS detail National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 6.8
Vector AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 779473 [RESOLVED / WONTFIX]

No SUSE Security Announcements cross referenced.

Status of this issue by product and package

Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification. The updates are grouped by state of their lifecycle. SUSE product lifecycles are documented on the lifecycle page.

Product(s) Source package State
Products under Long Term Service Pack support and receiving important and critical security fixes.
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP5 gnome-shell Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 gnome-shell Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5-LTSS gnome-shell Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5-LTSS Extended Security gnome-shell Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server LTSS Extended Security 12 SP5 gnome-shell Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP5 gnome-shell Analysis
Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore.
HPE Helion OpenStack 8 gnome-shell Analysis
SUSE CaaS Platform 4.0 gnome-shell Analysis
SUSE Enterprise Storage 6 gnome-shell Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2 gnome-shell Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3 gnome-shell Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP4 gnome-shell Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 gnome-shell Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP1 gnome-shell Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP2 gnome-shell Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP3 gnome-shell Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12 SP4 gnome-shell Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 gnome-shell Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1 gnome-shell Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1-ESPOS gnome-shell Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP1-LTSS gnome-shell Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-ESPOS gnome-shell Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15-LTSS gnome-shell Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15 gnome-shell Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP1 gnome-shell Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 12 SP2-CLIENT gnome-shell Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 gnome-shell Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-BCL gnome-shell Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-ESPOS gnome-shell Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2-LTSS gnome-shell Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 gnome-shell Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-BCL gnome-shell Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-ESPOS gnome-shell Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3-LTSS gnome-shell Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4 gnome-shell Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-ESPOS gnome-shell Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP4-LTSS gnome-shell Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 gnome-shell Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1 gnome-shell Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1-BCL gnome-shell Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP1-LTSS gnome-shell Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15-LTSS gnome-shell Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for Raspberry Pi 12 SP2 gnome-shell Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP2 gnome-shell Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP3 gnome-shell Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12 SP4 gnome-shell Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 gnome-shell Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP1 gnome-shell Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP2 gnome-shell Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP3 gnome-shell Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP4 gnome-shell Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP5 gnome-shell Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12 SP2 gnome-shell Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12 SP3 gnome-shell Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12 SP4 gnome-shell Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12 SP5 gnome-shell Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15 gnome-shell Analysis
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15 SP1 gnome-shell Analysis
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.0 gnome-shell Analysis
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.0 gnome-shell Analysis
SUSE Manager Server 4.0 gnome-shell Analysis
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 7 gnome-shell Analysis
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 8 gnome-shell Analysis
SUSE OpenStack Cloud 9 gnome-shell Analysis
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 8 gnome-shell Analysis
SUSE OpenStack Cloud Crowbar 9 gnome-shell Analysis
openSUSE Leap 15.3 gnome-shell Analysis
openSUSE Leap 15.4 gnome-shell Analysis

SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Fri Jun 28 13:06:21 2013
CVE page last modified: Sat Aug 22 13:20:20 2026